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  • In
  • what
  • is
  • widely
  • considered
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • first
  • Gothic
  • novel,
  • a
  • monk
  • must
  • resist
  • a
  • temptation
  • that
  • could
  • consume
  • his
  • soulAmbrosio
  • has
  • developed
  • a
  • reputation
  • across
  • Madrid
  • for
  • his
  • piety
  • and
  • selflessness
  • in
  • his
  • role
  • as
  • a
  • monk.
  • Left
  • on
  • the
  • abbey’s
  • doorstep
  • as
  • a
  • child,
  • Ambrosio
  • took
  • quickly
  • to
  • monastic
  • life,
  • and
  • his
  • fellow
  • monks
  • pronounced
  • him
  • a
  • gift
  • from
  • the
  • Virgin
  • Mary.
  • Despite
  • his
  • virtue,
  • his
  • status
  • as
  • the
  • abbey’s
  • favorite
  • son
  • is
  • put
  • in
  • jeopardy
  • with
  • the
  • arrival
  • of
  • Matilda,
  • a
  • woman
  • with
  • a
  • terrible
  • secret
  • who
  • disguises
  • herself
  • as
  • a
  • monk
  • to
  • be
  • closer
  • to
  • Ambrosio.A
  • sensational
  • Gothic
  • horror
  • novel
  • that
  • is
  • as
  • stunning
  • to
  • readers
  • today
  • as
  • it
  • was
  • two
  • hundred
  • years
  • ago,
  • The
  • Monk
  • is
  • a
  • shocking
  • rumination
  • of
  • the
  • nature
  • of
  • good
  • and
  • evil,
  • and
  • a
  • morality
  • tale
  • that
  • explicitly
  • details
  • the
  • consequences
  • of
  • desire.This
  • ebook
  • has
  • been
  • professionally
  • proofread
  • to
  • ensure
  • accuracy
  • and
  • readability
  • on
  • all devices.
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